Re: What meds do you take for FMS?

[Guest guest]

,

I can't be of much help since I'm fairly new to this, but I have been

on MS contin, Darvocet, Elavil, and Bextra so far.

a

> I am sure you all have been asked this a hundred times, but I am

trying to

> compile a list to take in to my psychiatrist on Monday (next week)

so she

> can tell me what FMS pain meds I can and can't take with my other

meds.

> Then I am going to take that list to my rheumy next month and be

prepared in

> advance so when he tries to use my current medications as an excuse

to not

> give me the pain meds I need, I can say that I have already spoken

to my

> pdoc and she has approved the use of these meds and hand him the

list.

>

> What do you think? Too pushy?

>

> I just get tired of medical personnel not wanting to give mental

health

> patients the care they need for physical problems just because they

have

> mental issues. It is not right.

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

Speaking from the point of view of a fellow " mental health " patient,

in all honesty, the possible interaction between my psychiatric meds

and my relief meds NEVER came up. Your rheumy is feeding you a

crock! I have bipolar disorder, and for several years before that,

I was being treated for major depressive disorder, BY my current

PCP. For the bipolar disorder, I take Celexa and Topamax. My PCP

has me on Bextra, Oxycontin, and Soma for pain control, and he NEVER

brought up any possibility of interactions. Your pain and your

mental health issues have nothing to do with eachother...don't let

your rheumy do this to you!

Best of luck,

Jen

[Guest guest]

There are MANY drugs that cause interactions with each other

ESPECIALLY psychiatric drugs!!

Please pay attention to what the doctors say. Taking a list for them

to look at is good - MAKE SURE that you include ALL OTC meds and

herbal remedies that you are taking!!!! There have been deaths

resulting from the doctors not knowing about herbal remedies/vitamins.

Even if medical conditions are not related, that doesn't mean that

the drugs used will not interact. Meds such as birth control and

antibiotics interact with each other and the conditions being treated

are not related.

Some drugs affect how long others will stay in your body... some

increase the time therefore making the drug levels higher and some

decrease the time making the levels lower. Some affect the absorbtion

rate of the meds and you don't get the full affect -- that is NOT

what you want for pain meds OR psych meds.

Sorry ... didn't mean to lecture :-)

a

> ,

>

> Speaking from the point of view of a fellow " mental health "

patient,

> in all honesty, the possible interaction between my psychiatric

meds

> and my relief meds NEVER came up. Your rheumy is feeding you a

> crock! I have bipolar disorder, and for several years before that,

> I was being treated for major depressive disorder, BY my current

> PCP. For the bipolar disorder, I take Celexa and Topamax. My PCP

> has me on Bextra, Oxycontin, and Soma for pain control, and he

NEVER

> brought up any possibility of interactions. Your pain and your

> mental health issues have nothing to do with eachother...don't let

> your rheumy do this to you!

>

> Best of luck,

> Jen